Which returned more over the last year, VCLT or VXF?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VXF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCLT or VXF?

VCLT charges 0.03% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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VCLT vs VXF: how they differ

VCLT and VXF hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VXF returned more over the year.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCLT and VXF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VCLT	Only in VXF
Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.38%	Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.19%
CVS Health Corp 0.34%	Snowflake Inc 1.03%
Meta Platforms Inc 0.29%	Bloom Energy Corp 0.93%
Boeing Co/The 0.27%	Cloudflare Inc 0.92%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%	Astera Labs Inc 0.76%
Amazon.com Inc 0.26%	Rocket Lab Corp 0.61%
Oracle Corp 0.24%	Cheniere Energy Inc 0.59%
AT&T Inc 0.24%	Ferguson Enterprises Inc 0.54%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

VCLT and VXF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VXF Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Long-Term Corporate Bond	Extended Market
Total return, 1 year	−4.8%	+14.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−22.3 pts	−3.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.05%
Holdings	2775	3365

VCLT in plain words

VCLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −4.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 18.1% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

VXF in plain words

VXF is an index equity fund tracking the Extended Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3365 positions, with the top ten at 7.6%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCLT or VXF?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VXF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCLT or VXF?: VCLT charges 0.03% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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